AI

Artificial intelligence

AUTOSAR

Automotive Open System Architecture

BRI

Belt and Road Initiative

BRICS

Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and other leading emerging economies

CACA

China Automotive Chip Alliance

CATARC

China Automotive Technology and Research Centre

CCP

Chinese Communist Party

CEN

European Committee for Standardisation

CENELEC

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation

CESI

China Electronics Standardisation Institute

CS2035

‘China Standards 2035’ initiative

DNS

Domain Name System

DPP

Digital Product Passport

DSR

(China’s) Digital Silk Road

EEA

European Economic Area

EFTA

European Free-Trade Association

ESO

European Standards Organisation

ESPR

Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

EU

European Union

EV

Electric vehicle

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications

G77

Group of 77 developing nations

hEN

Harmonised European standard

IATF

International Automotive Task Force

ICANN

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

ICV

Intelligent connected vehicle

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IP

Intellectual property

ISO

International Organisation for Standardisation

ITU

International Telecommunications Union

JEDEC

Joint Electron Device Engineering Council

MIIT

(China’s) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

NEV

New energy vehicle

NSB

National standardisation body

NSD

(China’s) National Standardisation Development (outline)

NTCAS

(China’s) National Technical Committee of Automotive Standardisation

OASIS

Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer (company that produces components used in another company’s finished product)

OneM2M

Global standardisation initiative to develop a common service layer for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies

R&D&I

Research, development and innovation

SAC

Standardisation Administration of China

SAMR

State Administration for Market Regulation

SC

Subcommittee (of Technical Committee)

SDC

Standardisation Development Concept

SDO

Standards Development Organisation

SEP

Standard Essential Patent

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

TBT

Technical Barriers to Trade

TC

Technical Committee

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

US

United States

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

WG

Working Group

WTO

World Trade Organisation

3GPP

Third Generation Partnership Project

4G / 5G / 6G

Fourth generation / Fifth Generation / Sixth Generation (wireless mobile telecommunications technology)